Aki's Blues – Buddy Montgomery
A 24-measure blues variation in a funky hard-bop style. Besides our lead sheets, we have a bass part and a piano melody transcription showing how Buddy Montgomery played this song on his recording.
- Recording: Buddy Montgomery - Here Again
- Recorded on: July 21, 1997
- Label: Sharp Nine (1008-2)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium up)
- Piano - Buddy Montgomery
- Bass - Jeff Chambers
- Drums - "Killer" Ray Appleton
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- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
The 24-measure form has space for plenty of passing chords and other alterations to the blues changes. The last eight measures of the head actually contain two four-measure "turnarounds" back to F. The solo changes are a bit different from the head changes, simplified at first but with two descending sequences in the second eight measures and a longer "turnaround" in the last eight. One particularly unusual chord in the head is the first hit on the fifth measure: an F triad on top of a D♭7. The dissonance in this chord is well resolved in the following C7 and F7 chords.
Our lead sheets show downward arrows on grace notes on the "and" of beat 4, for example in the second measure. The arrows indicate that these grace notes are played right on the "and" of 4 and not before, with the next note slightly delayed.
The feel on the head is not a 2-feel or 4-feel; the bass really plays the harmonic rhythm and is fully notated in our bass part. In the fourth measure of the head the bass briefly doubles the melody. A piano melody transcription is available as well; click on Piano Corner for more details.
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- Recording: David Hazeltine - Inversions
- Recorded on: February 5, 2010
- Label: Criss Cross Jazz (1326)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium up)
- Tenor Sax - Eric Alexander
- Vibes - Steve Nelson
- Piano - David Hazeltine
- Bass - John Webber
- Drums - Joe Farnsworth
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- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
"Inversions" is David's only full album as a leader so far to feature Steve Nelson on vibes. Steve played on one song on David's 1998 Criss Cross album "Blue Quarters, Vol. 1." The two also appear together on two Steve Davis albums, 1998's "Vibe Up!" and 2000's "Portrait In Sound."
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- Recording: Isaiah Thompson - Isaiah Thompson Plays The Music Of Buddy Montgomery
- Recorded on: August 28, 2019
- Label: WJ3 Records (WJ3 1025)
- Concert Key: F
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium up)
- Piano - Isaiah Thompson
- Bass - Philip Norris
- Drums - Willie Jones, III
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Video
- Description
- Historical Notes
- Solos
- Piano Corner
- Bass Corner
- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
There's a bass part, based on Buddy's "Here Again" recording.
See other Buddy Montgomery titles on Isaiah's album.
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Buddy Montgomery
January 30, 1930 – May 14, 2009
Buddy Montgomery’s music was straight ahead bebop jazz. He played in many styles, but always with a bebop approach. With no formal training, he played entirely by ear in any key, choosing what he felt were the most beautiful and creative chord changes, making his compositions challenging and inventive. He infused lyrical ballads with warmth and swung hard as well. Though he never crossed over outside of jazz, his music is accessible to casual listeners but still prized by jazz fans. Read more...